Being a blockhead is sometimes the best security against being cheated by a man of wit.

Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans...

Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans...

True love is like ghosts, which everybody talks about and few have seen.

True love is like ghosts, which everybody talks about and few have seen.

Hope, deceiving as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of...

Hope, deceiving as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of...

What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a...

What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a...

Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating...

Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating...

It is with an old love as it is with old age a man lives...

It is with an old love as it is with old age a man lives...

We do not despise all those who have vices, but we do despise those that...

We do not despise all those who have vices, but we do despise those that...

We always get bored with those whom we bore.

We always get bored with those whom we bore.

It is a great act of cleverness to be able to conceal one's being clever.

It is a great act of cleverness to be able to conceal one's being clever.

We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.

We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.

Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they...

Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they...

It's the height of folly to want to be the only wise one.

It's the height of folly to want to be the only wise one.

To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.

To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.

In jealousy there is more of self-love than love.

In jealousy there is more of self-love than love.

A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.

A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.

The more one loves a mistress, the more one is ready to hate her.

The more one loves a mistress, the more one is ready to hate her.

There is many a virtuous woman weary of her trade.

There is many a virtuous woman weary of her trade.

We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.

We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.

The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.

The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.

What makes the pain we feel from shame and jealousy so cutting is that vanity...

What makes the pain we feel from shame and jealousy so cutting is that vanity...